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UF-HHMI
Undergraduate Core Lab |
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The UCL Administration: Director:
Dr. David Julian Coordinator:
Dr. Gabriela Waschewsky Science for
Life Program Director: Dr. Ben Dunn Participating Departments and Programs: School of Teaching
and Learning |
The UF-HHMI Undergraduate Core Laboratory
offers accelerated courses in Physics
with Calculus, General Chemistry,
and Biology. A course in Mathematical Methods is offered in
parallel with the UCL curriculum. PHY 2064L:
Accelerated Physics with Calculus Laboratory. 2 credits.
Equivalent to PHY 2048L+2049L or PHY 2060L+2061L. Completion of or concurrent
enrollment in PHY 2048 or PHY 2060. Times: Tuesdays, periods 6-9. The HHMI-UCL
Physics laboratory investigates major themes and concepts in physics, with an
emphasis on their application in modern, quantitative life sciences research
techniques. The laboratory is designed to introduce you to the physical
foundations of a variety of techniques used in biophysics, molecular biology,
cellular biology and systems biology research, and to provide you with
practical experiences with the physical phenomena discussed in the lectures,
papers and textbooks. By providing you with an opportunity to work with your
hands, we hope that you will gain some insight into the nature of science and
its guiding principles and methodology. Physics content and techniques
include conservation of energy and momentum, work and power, dissipative and
viscous flow, electricity, dynamical systems, harmonic oscillators,
exponential growth and decay, light energy and optics. Lab fee: $100. Physics
coordinator: Dr. Stephen Hagen. CHM 2054L:
Accelerated General Chemistry Laboratory. 2 credits.
Equivalent to CHM 2047L or CHM 2045L+2046L. Students can qualify to enroll in
this course through any of the following: 1)
completion of or concurrent enrollment in CHM 2047 or CHM 2051; 2) completion of both CHM 2045 and CHM
2045L with an “A” grade; or 4) AP,
IB or high honors high school chemistry course and a high score on the
Chemistry Readiness Assessment. Times: Thursdays, periods 2-5 or 7-10. The HHMI-UCL
Chemistry laboratory investigates major themes and concepts in chemistry,
with an emphasis on their application in modern, quantitative life sciences
research. The laboratory is designed to introduce you to a variety of
techniques used in chemistry, biological chemistry, molecular biology, cellular
biology and systems biology research, and to provide you with practical
experiences in studying chemistry phenomena discussed in the lectures, papers
and textbooks. By providing you with an opportunity to work with your hands,
we hope that you will gain some insight into the nature of science and its
guiding principles and methodology. Chemistry content and techniques include
energy transformations, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, kinetics, Beers’
Law, acid-base titrations, electrophoretic and affinity separations, atomic
spectroscopy, phosphorescence, fluorescence and epifluorescence microscopy.
Lab fee: $105. Chemistry coordinator: Dr. Phil Brucat BSC 2044L: Accelerated, Integrated
Principles of Biology Laboratory. 2 credits. Equivalent to BSC 2010L+2011L.
Pre-requisites: none. Co-requisites: BSC 2010 or BSC 2011. Times: Mondays,
periods 2-5 or 7-10. The HHMI-UCL
Biology laboratory emphasizes the physical and chemical foundations of major
themes and concepts in the biological sciences through the application of
quantitative life sciences research methods. The laboratory is designed to
introduce you to a variety of techniques used in molecular, cellular and
systems biology experiments and to provide you with practical experiences in
studying biological phenomena discussed in the lectures, papers and
textbooks. By providing you with an opportunity to work with your hands, we
hope that you will gain some insight into the nature of science and its
guiding principles and methodology. Biology content and techniques include
RNA and DNA purification, real-time PCR, epifluorescence microscopy,
spectrophotometry, bacterial and eukaryotic cell culture, molecular cloning,
gel electrophoresis, immunoblotting, immunocytochemistry, and protein
affinity purification. Lab fee: $110. Biology coordinator: Dr. David Julian. MAP 2483: Mathematical Methods in the Natural Sciences. 4 credits. Prerequisites: Calculus 1 (MAC 2311), elementary
computer/graphic calculator programming skills. A calculus-level introduction to mathematical modeling and
quantitative/ statistical analysis of simple data structures. The course
introduces basic mathematical methods and computer modeling used in the
natural sciences, including data representation and analysis, basic
statistics and probability, linear algebra, stochastic and deterministic
processes, and optimization. Theoretical concepts will be integrated with
real life applications and computer modeling projects. Expected learning
outcome. Basic knowledge of calculus, statistics, linear algebra, working
knowledge of MATLAB, elementary data processing and modeling skills. Topics
include: data representation, data analysis, probability and statistics, linear
models, linear algebra, nonlinear deterministic models, and optimization. |
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